New Moon
New MoonImage credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.(large image)

New Moon in Taurus

New Moon on . The illuminated surface of the Moon is 0%. Lunar cycle is 1 day young.

* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 18 May 2072 at 00:18 UTC.

Moonrise and moonset

The moon rises at sunrise and sets at sunset. It's part facing the Earth is completely in shadow.

Moon phases on nearby dates

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Upcoming main moon phases

Main moon phases of the following lunar cycle.

Moon phase and lunation details

Moon in ♉ Taurus

Moon is passing about ∠21° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.

Flower Moon after 14 days

Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2072 after 14 days on 31 May 2072 at 22:18.

Spring tide

There is high New Moon ocean tide on this date. Combined Sun and Moon gravitational tidal force working on Earth is strong, because of the Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.

Apparent angular diameter

Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1857" and ∠1897".

New lunation 894 / 1847

At 11:57 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 894 of Meeus index or lunation 1847 from Brown series.

Synodic month length 29.52 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 22 minutes. It is 2 hours and 43 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decrease with the lunar orbit true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).

Lunation length shorter than mean

The length of the current synodic month is 22 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 47 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit details for

True anomaly ∠250.1°

The true anomaly of the Moon orbit is ∠250.1° and at the beginning of the next lunar synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠285°.

Moon before perigee

6 days since point of apogee on 10 May 2072 at 17:48 in ♒ Aquarius the lunar orbit is getting narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 6 days until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 23 May 2072 at 23:46 in ♌ Leo.

Distance to Moon 385 964 km

The Moon is 385 964 km (239 827 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 6 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 369 656 km (229 694 mi).

Moon after descending node

5 days after descending node on 12 May 2072 at 08:23 in ♓ Pisces the Moon is positioned south of the ecliptic over the following 8 days until the lunar crosses the ecliptic again from South to North in ascending node on 25 May 2072 at 15:57 in ♍ Virgo.

Moon before northern standstill

11 days since the last southern standstill on 6 May 2072 at 07:01 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.526° the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠18.609° at the point of next northern standstill on 20 May 2072 at 14:55 in ♊ Gemini.

Draconic month

18 days since the beginning of this draconic month in ♍ Virgo the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the lunar cycle.

Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy

The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.

Lunar calendar

Sources and credits

Parts of this Lunar Calendar are based on Planetary Ephemeris Data Courtesy of Fred Espenak, www.Astropixels.com

Moon phase image credit to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, svs.gsfc.nasa.gov